Former UFC interim heavyweight title challenger Curtis Blaydes, who is about to face Rizvan Kuniev at UFC on ABC: Hill vs. Rountree Jr., just lately spoke out in assist of the concept of Jon Jones being stripped of his UFC Heavyweight title for not going through interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall.
“When you take a look at the supply of men, there wasn’t anybody else for me to battle. I haven’t fought since final July, and I wish to make some cash this 12 months. Jon Jones holding the belt and never combating is making the division stagnant. If he doesn’t battle, I feel he ought to be stripped. All of us get it—he’s a GOAT, he’s nice. However should you’re not going to be lively, what are you doing holding the belt? He enjoys his title being talked about, however I’m over it already. It’s been lengthy sufficient since he beat Stipe. When you’re an actual fan, you perceive yearly he waits, he will get slightly slower, slightly weaker, and loses hype. However the casuals will at all times be hyped for him.”
The tides have turned in opposition to Jon Jones’ favor in terms of the courtroom of public opinion, as just about everybody however essentially the most staunch Jon Jones fanatics agrees to the concept of stripping Jon Jones and elevating Tom Aspinall to the undisputed champion to maintain the division transferring, as Curtis Blaydes says.
Curtis Blaydes is just not alone in his criticism of Jon Jones.
With many others calling for the stripping of Jon Jones’ title for a plethora of causes. Reminiscent of persevering with the movement within the heavyweight division, and for the sake of the legitimacy and meritocracy of the game, that if eliminated, relegates MMA and the UFC to glorified shoot wrestling matches.
